Scriber.



W. POTTER SCRlBBR.

APPLIOVATION FILED Nov. so, 1908.

1,000,940, Patented Aug. 15, 1911.

WILLIAM POTTER, .or NEW YORK, N. Y.

SCRIBER.

Specification of Letters Patent.,

Application filed `'."Iovemflier 30, 1908. `Serial'Nio. 465,122. `i

To all whom/it mag/lconcern:

Beit. known that I, VILLIAA'I' Po'r'rian', a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, an'd residing at New York city, in the county of 'Xen`Yorkand State of New ,York, have invented. certain new and usefulIlinprovements in Scribers, ofwvliicli the `following is aspeciicat'onisuch 'as will enable those skilled in the art towhich .ita'ppcrtains to make and use the same. l 1

This invention relates-to tools andi the obect thereof is to provide anlimproved scriber adapted for use bymechanics geiler-4 ally, but'particularly by carpenters andwood-workers; fa further obje'ct being toprovide a device'of this classjwlich may also be used as aleompqass; afu'rtherobject being to proiiide inein's whereby lead pen-U cilsofdifferent shapes and sizes maybe rigidly held in the saidtool; a,further 0bject being to provide means for adjusting.

one lg`-of. said tool longitudinally of the pencil heltl\`t'heein;, afurther object being to provide the usual seriber leg, provided with around, blunt end, as 'w'ell as, a supplemental leg contained thereinanda Ypro- .vided with a pointed end, adapted. for use as a compasspoint or for guiding thc `tool moldings and otheij places prac-u inquirks, tieally inaccessible to the blunt end leg; a still furtherobject being to so constructtlic said blifint end leg as to protect thepencil poiiit"`wlien not in use and a sti'll further object being toprovide a tool of this cla'ssf which is simple in construction;jvhichcannot readily get out of order andrequirc repair, which is applicableto 'niany differ- ,ent uses Fand which is comparatively' inox? pensive,I f

My invention is fully described in'the following specification, ofwhich'the accompanying drawings forni u part, in which the'separatcparts are designated 'by the saine reference characters in each of thoviews, and in which Figure l is a view of my scril'iei-in aclosedposition; Fig. 2-is a. similar view thereof in a partiallyextended position, ready for use as a scribed; Fig. 3 Iis a verticalsection taken centrally through the scriber and showing the parts 1npositionfor' useas a compass or as a sci'ibor, and Fig. t is a sectiontaken onthe line/1 4 of Fig. 1. In the drawings forming a part of thisapplication I have shown a scriber comprising a body` niember'a of metalbent to form a lead pencil recess a2 and th ends of the said metal platebe# ing continued outwardly to forni a supporting member a? for theadjustable lefrs b and c, the latter of which is contained within theforiner'in the ordinary use -ot' the tool.4

- The legs 'b and c have a threaded bolt d passing therethrough ,-andprovided with a thumb-nut (Z2, s aid bolt'passingthrougha tool, and itwill c seen that by rotation of the thumb nut d?, in either direction,the legs bfand'c are'lockedt, or released from the member a3. i

- Adjacent the pencil casing a2 is a slo4 e, in 'the' member athroughwhich passes a `pin or equivalent e-lconnecte'd with :if-.plate e3 whichis forked as shown inFig. 4 to form a gripper for`the lead pencil, saidplate e, pin e2 and forks being preferably .madeA integral and, becauseof the inclina- Ition of tlie'slot pressure upon the pointed end of thelead pencil f serves to force the., .forks of tho plate e2 into the,said pencil,

thereby locking the same securely within the recess z, but slightpressure upon the opposite end ofthe pencil releases it from the saidplate a.

By reference to Fig. 3 it will be seen that :Patented Auf. 15,1911."

composed of a sheet 6.5 slot a* inthe supporting-member (L3-of .the jthe leg c has "a pointed end c2 whereas the l leg has a blunt roundedend b2; said logs being also provided at the backs thereof f* with slotsb and cifi'espectively, tliegfornicr of which is much loiigci than thelatter, the

"object thcrcofbcing that, when, from the position of thc parts shown inFig. 1, it is I -dcsired t'o employ the leg'c, all that is neecssary' isto loosen the tliumh nut cl2 and move the leg b upwardly into thcposition shown,in Fig. 3, the elongated 'slot' b3 pcrmittiug thismovement, andthe leg c is also carried4 upwardly in this movement intothe position im'lieated in dotted lines in Fig. 3, at, which point it isstopped because of the shorter slot. c, the ond thereof coming int/ocontact with the member a and thus the legs b and n are quickly-andeasily separated.

By means of the slot. a* the legs b and c. are adjustable longitudinallyof the pencil f whereby a grcatorangc of useof my tool results than ifthe said legs were pivotally as well to tho blunt end 'leg b as to thepointed end leg c and this adjustment also lxed,this range of useapplying protection of-the 'pointe permits, Without movinvr the pencilf, the l end thereofgas is clearly shown -inIFign'L f While I have shownone form of ,locking device for the pencil, it will be obvious that manyother forms thereof will su gest themselves in order to accomplish ti edesiredresult, and many changes in and modiliea- -tions of the form ofconstruction shown,

with respect to thescriber proper, maybe made, Without'departing fromthejspirlt'of this invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desiretoobtain'by Let- 4ters Patent, is

1. A device ofthe class described,colm-y pris'ing a body member, havinga pencil therein, a Vpivot in-said body member, a leg mounted on saidpivotfa supplemental leg 'on said 'pivot within said'yfirstv named leg,`

and clamping means' for Vholding said first named leg out of operativeposition and said supplemental leg in operative position.

2'. A device of the class described, comprising a` body member,.havingvapencil' therein, a 'leg pivotally mounted, on ,said body memberand Aa plate provided with forks, adapted toengage said encil,fslidl Yablv mounted on said bodymem er. ,n

presence -of the subscribing "th day of Nov ember-l908.V

3. A device of the class described, com- -prising aV bodyi member,having a'v pencil therein; a' leg pivotally' mounted on said bodymember, and a plate adapted to engage said-pencil, slidable in said bodymember, at an angle to said pencil.

4Il. A device of the class. described, comprising a body member, havinga pencil therein, aleg provided with a lbluntend .pivotallymoimtedonsaid body member and In testimony that IV claim thel:` `)re,ffoing4 asmy invention I have signed my name in witnesses this l WILLIAM POTTER.

Witnesses: Y

. l ,G EORGEF. BENTLEY, 'LiLmAN Caimano;-

